Injured horses running through London
Discussion
S600BSB said:
Was it the St George’s Day patriots?
Bloody hell give it a rest. Not everything in NPE is a right vs left argument, no matter how much you want it to be. Absolutely rent-free... S100HP said:
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Can be anything, car door, anything.
I'd disagree. They are bombproof horses these. Something else has happened to spook them, deliberately imho.Quhet said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-...
"Noise from builders caused horses to bolt". Must've been pretty bloody loud!
Are horses offended by profanity?"Noise from builders caused horses to bolt". Must've been pretty bloody loud!
)croyde said:
Anyone else think that the poor white horse is covered in paint.
I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
That could be the horse that hit the parked bus.I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
They stuff the horses ears with cotton wool for parades etc...so they may not have had the hearing protection although they are conditioned for noise.
Watch any parade though and you will see some of the horses playing up, you cannot get rid of millions of years of evolution, they are herd prey animals at their basic build up. It is odd that our horses are spooky at things like a random crisp packet blowing in the wind...we had one going bonkers at a pheasant recently...no reason in the last 500 hundred years for horses to be spooked by prey in the UK but their ancestors knew to be wary.
Horses also see things differently to us. we see a puddle, a horse sees a potentially bottomless pit.
croyde said:
Anyone else think that the poor white horse is covered in paint.
I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
I'm not an expert on horse blood, but to me it looked too bright for blood. I'd have expected something darker if it was caused by a wound. I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
SmoothCriminal said:
There's videos circulating of a smashed up taxi also one hit a open top bus head on.
Surprised they made it all the way to Limehouse alive with the standard of driving in the east end.
The stink of weed from the driven cars over that side is probably what calmed them down.Surprised they made it all the way to Limehouse alive with the standard of driving in the east end.
Muddle238 said:
croyde said:
Anyone else think that the poor white horse is covered in paint.
I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
I'm not an expert on horse blood, but to me it looked too bright for blood. I'd have expected something darker if it was caused by a wound. I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
Caddyshack said:
Horses also see things differently to us. we see a puddle, a horse sees a potentially bottomless pit.
Agreed.My ex Missus has a pair of arab horses and looked after a thoroughbred with them. The arabs see minor changes in tarmac where it's been patched as going from sand to quicksand and react accordingly. Fallen branches are snakes that need to be stamped on. They had no problem with being driven past by tractors on quiet country lanes, but would spook at flappy plastic bags in a tree 30ft away because of the unknown.
Arabs are especially mental as horses go, but all horses have this in them to some degree. People get hung up on their big, deep, eyes -- it makes the horse look more intelligent than it really is. They can be really connected to humans emotionally, but they are basically big dumb animals and the herd thing means that when one spooks the others tend to spook.
The grey that was covered in red stuff, that was probably fresh blood. I've seen that before when one of ours (also a grey) had a laceration.
CraigyMc said:
Agreed.
My ex Missus has a pair of arab horses and looked after a thoroughbred with them. The arabs see minor changes in tarmac where it's been patched as going from sand to quicksand and react accordingly. Fallen branches are snakes that need to be stamped on. They had no problem with being driven past by tractors on quiet country lanes, but would spook at flappy plastic bags in a tree 30ft away because of the unknown.
Arabs are especially mental as horses go, but all horses have this in them to some degree. People get hung up on their big, deep, eyes -- it makes the horse look more intelligent than it really is. They can be really connected to humans emotionally, but they are basically big dumb animals and the herd thing means that when one spooks the others tend to spook.
The grey that was covered in red stuff, that was probably fresh blood. I've seen that before when one of ours (also a grey) had a laceration.
Arabs and Thoroughbreds, was she a glutton for punishment?! My ex Missus has a pair of arab horses and looked after a thoroughbred with them. The arabs see minor changes in tarmac where it's been patched as going from sand to quicksand and react accordingly. Fallen branches are snakes that need to be stamped on. They had no problem with being driven past by tractors on quiet country lanes, but would spook at flappy plastic bags in a tree 30ft away because of the unknown.
Arabs are especially mental as horses go, but all horses have this in them to some degree. People get hung up on their big, deep, eyes -- it makes the horse look more intelligent than it really is. They can be really connected to humans emotionally, but they are basically big dumb animals and the herd thing means that when one spooks the others tend to spook.
The grey that was covered in red stuff, that was probably fresh blood. I've seen that before when one of ours (also a grey) had a laceration.
eharding said:
Muddle238 said:
croyde said:
Anyone else think that the poor white horse is covered in paint.
I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
I'm not an expert on horse blood, but to me it looked too bright for blood. I'd have expected something darker if it was caused by a wound. I'm no vet, but I can't see an obvious wound that would cause so much mess.
And as others have said, I can't imagine them being spooked by a loud noise.
They are often around cannons being fired, and rifles.
that horse is broken and leaking.pocketspring said:
CraigyMc said:
Agreed.
My ex Missus has a pair of arab horses and looked after a thoroughbred with them. The arabs see minor changes in tarmac where it's been patched as going from sand to quicksand and react accordingly. Fallen branches are snakes that need to be stamped on. They had no problem with being driven past by tractors on quiet country lanes, but would spook at flappy plastic bags in a tree 30ft away because of the unknown.
Arabs are especially mental as horses go, but all horses have this in them to some degree. People get hung up on their big, deep, eyes -- it makes the horse look more intelligent than it really is. They can be really connected to humans emotionally, but they are basically big dumb animals and the herd thing means that when one spooks the others tend to spook.
The grey that was covered in red stuff, that was probably fresh blood. I've seen that before when one of ours (also a grey) had a laceration.
Arabs and Thoroughbreds, was she a glutton for punishment?! My ex Missus has a pair of arab horses and looked after a thoroughbred with them. The arabs see minor changes in tarmac where it's been patched as going from sand to quicksand and react accordingly. Fallen branches are snakes that need to be stamped on. They had no problem with being driven past by tractors on quiet country lanes, but would spook at flappy plastic bags in a tree 30ft away because of the unknown.
Arabs are especially mental as horses go, but all horses have this in them to some degree. People get hung up on their big, deep, eyes -- it makes the horse look more intelligent than it really is. They can be really connected to humans emotionally, but they are basically big dumb animals and the herd thing means that when one spooks the others tend to spook.
The grey that was covered in red stuff, that was probably fresh blood. I've seen that before when one of ours (also a grey) had a laceration.
The thoroughbred is a friend's, and is a retired racehorse, mostly used for walking around lanes. He's really just there because the difficulty of looking after a 3rd horse when you already have two is negligible compared with livery or looking after it alone.
For what it's worth, the thoroughbred is totally chill, we've had small kids riding him. The Arabs are both loonies (as is the ex missus who's ridden them both bareback without any tack at all).
Quhet said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-...
"Noise from builders caused horses to bolt". Must've been pretty bloody loud!
Horses are dicks; just looking at a discarded crisp packet flapping about the wrong way can send them off. "Noise from builders caused horses to bolt". Must've been pretty bloody loud!
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